Speaking previously with Cowboys and Indians, Dern was asked if he was intimated by Wayne on set at all. He replied: “I might have been. But right at the start, he says to me, ‘I want you to ...

John Wayne is an iconic star known primarily for Westerns, with many of his best quotes delivered in films like The Searchers and The Cowboys.

Wayne's long career, which sprawled from the 1920s to the 1970s, began to acquire its monolithic shape after director John Ford cast him as the Ringo Kid in 1939's Stagecoach (following a 10-year ...

Half a century later, Dern has said he still receives hate mail after his character Asa Watts killed Wayne’s Wil Andersen in The Cowboys. But he knew it was coming and so did Duke. Asked if he ...

Bruce Dern faced challenges securing acting roles after starring alongside John Wayne i n The Cowboys. His difficulties started even before the 1972 Western's filming commenced, as Wayne, who had ...

So, why would this same audience, who just watched Wayne's Wil Andersen die at the hands of Bruce Dern 's Asa Watts, tune in for a Duke-less Cowboys follow-up?